Agenda
DAY 1 - 26 February 2024
EV Market Growth
Daniel Fung
Head of Strategy and Planning, Advanced Propulsion Centre
• Regulation overview
• Battery lifecycle opportunities
• R&D activity happening today.
New Battery Material for Electric Vehicles
Leon Farrant / CEO & Co-Founder / Green Li-Ion
Battery Recycling Outlook for 2024 and Cross-bother Expansion Strategies
Mina Ha
Senior Research Analyst, Rho Motion
• Battery recycling outlook at global and regional levels and by battery chemistry
• Battery recycling capacity outlook and expansion strategies
• Impact of waste battery legislation
• Challenges and opportunities by region
Can Recycling Fill the Battery Raw Material Supply Gap?
Max Reid
Senior Research Analyst, Wood Mackenzie
• Outlook for EV and battery demand
• Impact on battery raw material markets
• Outlook for secondary supply from recycling Li-ion batteries
• Challenges for recyclers
Creating a Circular Supply Chain for Lithium-ion Batteries
Nikola Vekić
EV Battery Sustainability & Circularity Expert, McKinsey & Company
• Battery recycling revolution
• Reducing embedded emissions and developing breakthrough materials to improve battery performance and sustainability.
• Recycle the raw materials needed in battery production
EU Battery Recycling Market Outlook and Strategic Implications
Tim Hotz
Principal, Roland Berger
• How will the market volume for battery recycling develop in Europe?
• Are there enough feedstock materials to meet the EU targets for minimum recycling content by 2031/36?
• How is the battery recycling value chain currently structured? Are major changes to be expected?
• What are the key success factors and strategic implications for stakeholders along the value chain?
One-to -One Meetings & Networking Break
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Battery Recycling and Black Mass Market Outlook
Julia Harty
Battery Recycling and Black Mass Analyst, Fastmarkets
• Scrap battery feedstock forecast.
• Regulations and other key challenges for recyclers
• Capacity for shredding and refining
• Trends in black mass pricing
Black Mass; Characterisation, Value and Future Opportunities
Jenny Baker
Senior Lecturer, Swansea University
• Future battery chemistries and architectures; sustainability vs recyclability
• Characterisation methods and future developments.
• Impact of fire damage on material value.
• How can academia support battery recycling industry?
Circular Economy and EV Battery Lifecycle
• Why is battery recycling vital in the transition to zero emission mobility?
• What are the latest developments in lithium battery recycling?
• What opportunities exist for the UK in relation to battery recycling?
• What hurdles need to be overcome to ensure a sustainable battery value chain?
• What role can LCA play in driving circularity in end-of life batteries?
Panelists
Nikola Vekić / EV Battery Sustainability & Circularity Expert / McKinsey & Company
Max Reid / Senior Research Analyst / Wood Mackenzie
Mina Ha / Senior Research Analyst / Rho Motion
Andrea Paradisi / Engineering Consulting Manager / Accenture
Moderator
Nikola Vekić
EV Battery Sustainability & Circularity Expert, McKinsey & Company
Panelists
Max Reid
Senior Research Analyst, Wood Mackenzie
Mina Ha
Senior Research Analyst, Rho Motion
Lunch Time Break
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One-to -One Meetings & Networking Break
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Activating the Battery Circular Economy: The Battery Passport
• Introduction to the Battery Passport concept and its significance in the energy storage industry.
• Challenges in tracking batteries in a complex value chain.
• Survey of existing solutions on the market and their limitations.
• Unveiling our value proposition to a turnkey battery passport solution.
Andrea Paradisi / Engineering Consulting Manager / Accenture
Can Recycling Fill the Battery Raw Material Gap?
Julia Poliscanova
Senior Director / Electric Vehicles & Batteries, Transport & Environment
• Summary of analysis on the demand for battery minerals from Europe's EV targets & overall green transition
• Present T&E analysis into how much of Li, Ni and Co can come from recycling by 2030-2040 (at least 10% for each already in 2030)
• Look at key factors & risks within this potential: scrap from battery gigafactories, EU's recycling targets in CRM Act and EU Battery regulation
• Discuss what's needed - policy & funding - to realist this potential and scale recycling industry in Europe
Logistics as the Key to Sustainable Battery Recycling: Overcoming Challenges and Building a Circular Economy.
Philipp Brunotte / Co-founder / LiBCycle GmbH
Establishing a Sustainable and Profitable Recycling Economy for Battery Materials in Europe
• Evaluating current recycling technologies in terms of recovery, efficiency and energy use
• When will direct cathode recycling become a viable application?
• How much of the industry's material needs can be met through material recycling?
• What needs to happen to build an effective European recycling infrastructure?
• Who are the key stakeholders and where is collaboration happening?
• Will current global and European regulation successfully drive recycling and ensure sustainable batteries?
Panelists
Christian Marston / COO / Altilium Metals
Marcus Martinsson / Product Area Manager Batteries / Stena Recycling Group
Julie-Ann Adams / Secretary General / EBRA (European Battery Recycling Association)
Julia Poliscanova / Senior Director / Electric Vehicles & Batteries at Transport & Environment
One-to -One Meetings & Networking Break
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European Waste Framework Regulation– Opportunity to Unlock Circular Economy in Automotive Industry
• Waste framework regulation: A legislative framework for waste handling
• EU regulations on waste treatment to help develop a pan-European market for recycled materials
• Overview European waste legislation
Regulating the EV Battery Recycling Industry
• Updated policies and regulations around EV battery recycling
• EU’s Battery Directive: expectations and beyond
• How will regulation shape the EV battery recycling Industry?
• Industry policy framework to reuse, repurpose and recycle key components of electric vehicle batteries
EV Battery Circularity
• EV battery overview
• Technologies and practices around the lifecycle
• Material design
o Reuse & Recycling
• Overview of recycling technologies
• Applying pyrolysis and solvent extractant in battery recycling
Safe EV-Battery Recycling” Fits Better?
• End-of-life supply-chain safety approach
• Logistic challenges in the end-of-life value-chain
• Legislative possibilities and limitations.
Marcus Martinsson / Product Area Manager Batteries / Stena Recycling Group
The Future of EV Batteries – Recycle, Reuse or Repurpose?
• A roadmap for the future of Lithium-Ion battery recycling
• Developments in the recycling and reuse of Lithium-Ion batteries
• Current state of the art, near term developments and anticipating the future technologies that will play a role in Lithium-Ion batteries.
• What are the cost implication of reusing and repurposing EV batteries?
• Methods and technologies for Recycling EV batteries
Panelists
Marcus Martinsson / Product Area Manager Batteries / Stena Recycling Group
Kieran O'Regan / Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer / About:Energy
Philipp Brunotte / Co-founder / LiBCycle GmbH
DAY 2 - 27 February 2024
Environmentally Friendly and Sustainable Battery Recycling Process in Action
• An overview of the circular economy
• Fully environmentally friendly and sustainable battery recycling process
• Innovative process enables the recycling and reuse of electric vehicle battery components on a commercial scale
• Improve and scale up existing recycling processes for end-of-life
EV batteries – both mechanical and hydrometallurgical
Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling – A Hydro-Mechanical Process
• Hydro-mechanical recycling process provides the safety advantages of a pyrometallurgical treatment and combines it with the high purity fractions of an mechanical separation.
• The core steps of this new process set-up are water-based or –assisted.
• The entire process from dismantling, separation and sorting the fractions (metals, plastics, black mass) is energy and material efficient as it needs no high temperatures or critical chemicals while open up the possibility to recycle nearly all battery components.
Industry Partnership & Cooperation to Accelerate EV Battery Circularity
• Developing cross-industry collaborations with other sectors that are working on recycling technologies
• Creating a culture of recycling: exploring solutions to increase Lithium-Ion recycling rates and sustainability
• Cross-industry partnerships to scale up EV battery recycling
• Battery Recycling - addressing the global systemic issue through collaboration
The Table & Swirl Method, A Quick Visualization Method for Aspects of Circular Material Streams
Cecilia Wästerlid
Project Manager, RISE, Research Institute of Sweden
• Ever felt that it is hard to get everyone onboard in the discussions regarding circular economy and circular material streams?
• This is a presentation of a simple yet powerful method, The Table & Swirl
• Method, to be used to leverage information about material streams to get people together, to understand and discuss different aspects of a material stream.
The method was first tried out on materials used in lithium-ion batteries where all phases of the battery material stream were examined. Comments from the experts were: ”An eye opener!”, ”First, I thought the model was too simple, then I realized how quickly we got into interesting discussions.”
EV Battery Recycling Strategies
• What alternatives do old batteries have to ending up in landfills?
• Who should take responsibility for EV batteries at the end of life?
• Is repurposing too expensive an option to consider?
• What project examples are out there for EV battery recycling strategies?
• What is the current legislation on the recycling of EV battery?
• What processes and standards need to change to tackle the problem?
• Is refurbishing and second life applications as alternatives to recycling?
Panelists
Cecilia Wästerlid / Project Manager / RISE, Research Institute of Sweden
Daniel Fung / Head of Strategy and Planning / Advanced Propulsion Centre
Kieran O'Regan / Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer / About:Energy
One-to -One Meetings & Networking Break
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Automation Opportunities in the Battery Recycling Value Chain
• Challenges and gaps in battery recycling automation
• State-of-the-art automation technologies used in battery recycling
• Potential benefits of implementing automation solutions in battery recycling
Carlos Naranjo / Battery Technology Senior Analyst´/ Accenture
The Practicalities and Gaps and Opportunities of 2nd Life of EV Batteries
Julie-Ann Adams
EBRA (European Battery Recycling Association), Secretary General
• What is meant by 2nd life batteries?
• What are the obligations of 2nd life battery operators?
• What are the circular economy opportunities for the battery industry?
How to Create Second Life Batteries: Standards and Procedure
Grietus Mulder
Researcher Electrical Energy Storage, VITO
• Introduction in reuse and repurposing of batteries
• View on the (oncoming) standards on repurposing batteries
• Procedure for repurposing batteries
• Recommendations
12:45 Lunch Time Break
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One-to -One Meetings & Networking Break
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Lithium-ion Battery Recycling and End of Life
Grietus Mulder
Researcher Electrical Energy Storage, VITO
• Why is battery recycling vital in the transition to zero emission mobility?
• What are the latest developments in lithium battery recycling?
• What opportunities exist in relation to battery recycling?
• What hurdles need to be overcome to ensure a sustainable battery value chain?
• What role can LCA play in driving circularity in end-of life batteries?
• How sustainable is the plan to reuse and recycle electric vehicle (EV) batteries in their second-life cycle?
Panelists
Grietus Mulder / Researcher Electrical Energy Storage / VITO NV
Hans Eric Melin / Managing Director / Circular Energy Storage
Daniel Fung / Head of Strategy and Planning / Advanced Propulsion Centre
Use, Reuse or Recycle – Understanding Batteries’ Destiny and Value throughout their Lifecycle
• What does really determine whether batteries will remain in their applications, will be reused or recycled?
• The importance of how batteries reach end of life
• Addressing batteries’s values throughout their lifecycle – different business models
Hans Eric Melin / Managing Director / Circular Energy Storage
One-to -One Meetings & Networking Break
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The Future of EV Battery Recycling & Repurposing- An End of Life Opportunity
• What happens to EV battery when they reach the end of their lifespan?
• Why is EV battery recycling an increasingly important issue for the Auto industry?
• What are the challenges and opportunities of recycling EV batteries?
• What are some of the initiatives that are working to address the challenge of EV battery materials recycling?
• Who should take responsibility for recycling of EV battery at the end of life?
• What skills/training needed for each part of battery recycling chain – including at ATFs that receive End-0f-Life Vehicles
Panelists
Christian Marston / COO / Altilium Metals
Marcus Martinsson / Product Area Manager Batteries / Stena Recycling Group
Julie-Ann Adams / Secretary General / EBRA (European Battery Recycling Association)
Julia Poliscanova / Senior Director / Electric Vehicles & Batteries at Transport & Environment
Hans Eric Melin / Managing Director / Circular Energy Storage
